Bücher veröffentlicht von Reaktion Books

The first anthology of women's writing about walking, edited by Wanderers author Kerri Andrews.

An investigation of representations and ideals of manhood in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy.

A major, beautifully illustrated exposition of marine serpent beings, which demonstrates how and why some - but not all - human societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it.

From a leading expert on the life and works of Niccolò Machiavelli, a superb overview of the pivotal Renaissance philosopher, writer, and historian. "Machiavellian" can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself was far more complex than this cliché. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military, and historical works, Machiavelli was also a vernacular poet, first-rank dramatist, and religious radical, rejecting not only the contemporary Catholic Church but Christianity itself. From champion of Florentine popular republicanism to political radical to conservative, Machiavelli explores the many facets of the man described as the father of modern political philosophy and political science.

A magisterial illustrated history of Afghanistan, now available in paperback.

Gunter Grass is the first biographical study in English of this Nobel Prize-winning writer.